Thursday, January 8, 2015

New world record for PV module output: 324.5W by Trina Solar

Trina Solar - the second largest manufacturer of solar panels (behind Yingli Solar) - has set a new world record for power output from a high efficiency multi-crystalline silicon PV module.

Called Honey Plus, the multi-crystalline silicon PV module reached a new power output record of 324.5Wp. This has been independently certified by TUV Rheinland.

Currently in pilot production, the multi-crystalline silicon module is composed of 60 high-efficiency Honey Plus multi-crystalline silicon cells (156×156mm2), including back surface passivation and local back surface field.

Recently, the Company set a new record for its Honey Plus p-type PERC cell which reached an efficiency of 20.76% - independently confirmed by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab in Germany.

Trina Solar has set 4 new world records in 2014 for p-type PERC cells and modules, namely: